Weather: Cool, Quiet Start To The Week
By Geoff Bansen
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Many people are waking up huddled under their blankets this morning. Temperatures plummeted overnight into Monday morning, ranging from the low 50s in Philadelphia to the upper 30s up in the Poconos! That crisp, fall feeling will be in the air each morning this week, and rightfully so; the official start of fall is only a few days away!
Once temperatures warm up a bit, it's going to be a pleasant day. Sunshine will dominate and highs will top out on the mid 70s in and around Philly, and A+ kind of day!
Tonight, clouds increase and a weak cold front will slide through the area, with some lingering clouds and showers by daybreak. That quickly moves away and the sunshine is back tomorrow, this time to stay through the weekend!
Temperatures will remain in the 70s over the next several days, trending a little cooler towards the end of the work week before finally becoming closer to average over the weekend.
Today's Highs:
Philly - 75
Shore - 71
Poconos - 65
On this day in weather history ...
1815 - A hurricane roared N from the tropics, passed about 75 miles E of ACY, crossed Eastern LI, and moved into CT. Winds in the storm were estimated at around 100 mph.
1904 - A hurricane formed NE of Puerto Rico and made landfall at the SC/NC border. The storm recurved to the NE, passing across Southern DE and the SE NJ coastline as a tropical storm during the pre-dawn hours. PHL recorded a sustained 1-minute wind speed of 58 mph from the NW, the highest ever recorded in September, with a measured gust to 62 mph from the N. Cape May, NJ, recorded a gust to 70 mph from the NW, and, on the 14th, Delaware Breakwater, DE, recorded a gust to 114 mph from the NW. All gusts were the strongest wind gusts recorded at those places in 1904. PHL received 0.80" of rain on the 13th, 2.93" on the 14th, and the current daily record 2.74" on the 15th, for a storm total of 6.47".
